In Canada, the BC Supreme Court ruled that screen scrapping real estate listings from one site and using them on another indeed infringed on copyright. Not sure if this would cover your use -- but if you are coming from Canada, it might be something to consider.
Decision URL: http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2011/2011bcsc1196/2011bcsc1196.html Analysis from the Guardian: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5996/125/ --TR *************************** Terry Reese, Associate Professor Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 Valley Library Corvallis, OR 97331 tel: 541.737.6384 *************************** -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nate Hill Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CODE4LIB] screen scraping A question: what are the 'rules' around screen scraping? If one site doesn't offer an RSS feed and you want to grab (for example) their weekly top ten list with a script and then redisplay it on another site, is that bad form? Or even illegal? Thanks- Nate -- Nate Hill [email protected] http://www.natehill.net
